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Standard beach sea

Commander goes straight to sea to build a shipyard around 1:40, gets an early destroyer by 4:46 and follows up with an Advanced Metal Extractor around 10:00, the role's usual economy-first sea presence and vision play.

Usually shipyard first (96%)

#naval #eco · 455 distinct matches · 77 players · 73% of Armada Beach sea games · team won 46% of 478 · Recently observed

HOW TO PLAY IT

Key timing: Shipyard by 1:46

  1. Take 3 mex, then send com straight to sea to build shipyard.
  2. Finish shipyard, start pumping an early destroyer to contest sea.
  3. Get first destroyer out to fight for sea entry or scout island.
  4. Add Advanced Metal Extractor to fix the natural resource gap.
  5. Push T2 constructor if resources allow, keep contesting sea control.

Phase by phase

TYPICAL OF ITS 455 GAMES · AGAINST STANDARD BEACH SEA
  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
PLAY THE OPENING

Follow the example game's first 6:00 step by step: what to build now, what comes next, and where it goes. At 1× it keeps pace with your own game.

  1. 1

    Up to the Shipyard

    Economy
    • Metal Extractor3Mex
    • Wind Turbine2Windfor allies+2 vs standard
    • Wind Turbine1Wind−3 vs standard
    Order
    1. ShipyardShipyard after 3 mex, 1 winddone ~1:39, middle half 1:24–1:59

    Some games also: tidal (43%) · energy storage (33%)

    By 1:21 in all: 3 mex · 1 wind (standard 4)

    The example game in this phase · 5 steps
    1. Mex ×3
    2. Wind ×2
    3. Wind ×3for Air
    4. Energy storage
    5. ShipyardShipyarddone 1:57 · typical 1:39
  2. 2

    Shipyard to 5:00

    Economy
    • Metal Extractor6Mex
    • Wind Turbine2Wind−4 vs standard
    • Tidal Generator2Tidal+2 vs standard
    Builders
    • Construction Ship2 Con ship +2 vs standard
    Army
    • Skater2 Skater
    • Dolphin2 Dolphin +2 vs standard
    • Corsair1 Destroyer
    Other
    • Naval Radar / Sonar Tower1 Naval Radar / Sonar Tower

    Some games also: Harpoon (41%) · con turret (37%) · frigate (37%) · Sentry (36%) · submarine (34%)

    The standard build makes here, this one skips: 3 con hovercraft · 7 seeker

    By 5:00 in all: 9 mex · 4 wind (standard 10) · 3 tidal (standard 0)

    The example game in this phase · 20 steps
    1. Tidal
    2. Construction ShipCon ship
    3. Tidal
    4. Construction ShipCon ship
    5. SkaterSkater ×2
    6. Mex ×2
    7. EelSubmarinedone 3:20
    8. Mex
    9. EllysawFrigate
    10. Mex
    11. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    12. Mex ×2
    13. HarpoonHarpoon
    14. SentrySentry
    15. EllysawFrigate
    16. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    17. CorsairDestroyerdone 5:02 · typical 4:49
    18. Con turret
    19. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    20. SentrySentry
  3. 3

    5:00 to 10:00

    Economy
    • Metal Extractor1Mex−2 vs standard
    • Wind Turbine11Wind
    Builders
    • Naval Construction Turret1 Naval Construction Turret
    • Grim Reaper1 Grim Reaper
    Army
    • Sentry1 Sentry
    • Harpoon1 Harpoon
    • Dolphin3 Dolphin
    • Corsair2 Destroyer
    • Skater2 Skater
    Other
    • Naval Radar / Sonar Tower1 Naval Radar / Sonar Tower

    Some games also: con ship (46%) · frigate (44%) · tidal (39%) · converter (38%) · con turret (38%)

    By 10:00 in all: 10 mex · 16 wind (standard 24) · 5 tidal (standard 0) · 1 energy storage · 1 con turret · 1 Naval Construction Turret

    The example game in this phase · 41 steps
    1. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    2. HarpoonHarpoon
    3. SentrySentry
    4. EllysawFrigate
    5. Wind
    6. EllysawFrigate
    7. Wind ×3
    8. CorsairDestroyer
    9. Wind ×6
    10. CorsairDestroyer
    11. Wind ×7
    12. SkaterSkater
    13. Wind ×3
    14. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    15. Wind ×2
    16. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 9:43 · typical 10:02
    17. Wind
    18. Construction ShipCon ship
    19. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    20. SkaterSkater
    21. Mex
    22. CorsairDestroyer
    23. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    24. Wind
    25. Con turret
    26. EelSubmarine
    27. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    28. Con turret
    29. EelSubmarine
    30. Con turret ×3
    31. Energy storage
    32. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    33. Con turret ×2
    34. Energy storage
    35. Wind ×4
    36. Sneaky PeteSneaky Petefor Tech
    37. Metal storage
    38. RattlesnakeRattlesnakenot finished by 15:00
    39. Con turret ×2
    40. Aircraft PlantAircraft Plantnot finished by 15:00
    41. Wind ×2

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Graceful's (35 OS, 02/09/2026); pick another.

Team trades

IN AT LEAST 30% OF ITS GAMES

You hand over

  • Wind Turbine3 Wind to Airfirst at 1:45 · in 77% of games

You get

  • Finch1 Finch from Airfirst at 1:56 · in 79% of games
  • Lazarus1 Lazarus from Geofirst at 2:09 · in 51% of games
  • Hercules1 Light transport from Airfirst at 2:14 · in 41% of games
  • Hephaestus1 Heavy transport from Airfirst at 2:16 · in 63% of games
  • Construction Bot1 Con bot from Geofirst at 2:24 · in 71% of games
  • Advanced Construction Bot1 T2 con bot from Techfirst at 8:10 · in 90% of games

How it plays out

Typical game of this build, running totals by minute

Metal produced

010k20k30k
0:005:0010:0015:00

metal

Enemy metal destroyed

05k10k
0:005:0010:0015:00

metal

Own metal lost

02.5k5k7.5k
0:005:0010:0015:00

metal

478 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0040400
2:0093800
3:00158300
4:0025445147
5:003731255125
6:005156572298
7:0067231146591
8:00831916761039
9:001002524981656
10:001188936262396
11:001418846533207
12:001693754713948
13:001977264724879
14:002240373395782
15:002531983686703
WHAT THE NUMBERS SAY

This build loses more often than it wins and trails behind on economy, taking heavier losses than kills by 15:00.

  • + Destroys 7891 enemy metal by 15:00 through consistent sea fighting.
  • + Reaches shipyard fast (1:46) to contest sea entry early.
  • − Loses 6587 own metal by 15:00, nearly matching what it destroys.
  • − T2 factory only appears in 35% of games, falling behind economically.
THE EXAMPLE YOU ARE READING

Graceful

35.2 OS · 02/09/2026

Open source match ↗

9 received units · includes a constructor
110 metal received · 31312 energy received

Allied construction assistance is unknown. Timings are observations, not a promise of solo reproducibility.

Typical milestones

Shipyard1:39Middle 50%: 1:24–1:59 · n=477
Corsair4:49Middle 50%: 4:15–5:50 · n=459
Advanced Metal Extractor10:02Middle 50%: 9:13–10:57 · n=414

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